Orthodox Christian. American, but not one who believes propaganda put out by the mainstream media. Reposting does NOT mean I endorse all of their views.
I will never forgive MAGA boomers for believing the Jewish propaganda machine, and removing this man from office to replace him with an Israeli puppet.
What a national treasure.
Extremely rare footage of a woman holding another woman accountable, by dismantling her narrative of housewife does equal or more work compared to a working husband
Three devils' traps we fall into every day:ย
Fear of the past: mistakes, sins, insults.
Fear of the future: what will happen tomorrow: what will they think of me; what if I get sick; what if it all collapses?
Ingratitude to God for what is happening here and now. This is where despair begins: anxiety, panic, fear, asking 'what will I do?'ย
How do we get out of this?ย
The first trap - the past: The devil returns a person to their old sins and whispers, "Look what you've done. God will not forgive you.
Why do you feel like praying? What do you have in common with God?" And one believes, not in the mercy of God, but in the devil's whisper. As if your sin is stronger than God's mercy.
Second trap - the future: In the future, the devil wants to make you play out scary scenarios in your head, getting tired of those thoughts. He wants you to be exhausted before anything has happened, so you don't pray, don't do good, and don't go to God.
But the Gospel says: "Do not worry about tomorrow. The future has not yet arrived, but fear has already stolen both your future and your present day..."~Matthew 6:25-34
The third trap - the present: This is the most dangerous one. We simply don't thank God for what we have. Again; the past is gone, the future is not yet here, and the present is all we have, here and now. The morning, the sky above us, the roof, the room, the food you eat today, the life you live. And we complain that it is not enough.
Look, you have already woken up this morning; cross yourself and say: "Glory to God!" Thank God for waking up alive and well.ย
And all these three traps of the devil are summed up in one word; DISTRACTION (or disquiet). This state distances people from prayer, from reading, from work, and from loved ones.
It talks about the past; "You will not fix anything." It speaks of the future; "You will not succeed." And it paralyzes you in the present.ย
But we have a weapon; the Jesus Prayer: "Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God have mercy on me, a sinner." It returns a person to God, not to the past, not to horror of the future, but to God, here and now.
Repent of the past, trust God for the future, and for today, give thanks and get up again, move on, and fear nothing. "โฆ.The Lord Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress."~Psalm 46:10-11
Would you believe 57 Republicans and 211 Democrats recently voted in favor of this Orwellian automobile kill-switch? Hereโs the roll call for the vote I forced to defund the mandate: https://t.co/dnPxPHFYie
TUCKER: โHow much does it matter what Americans think?โ
HUCKABEE: โIt matters every bit.โ
TUCKER: โ80% oppose war with Iran.โ
HUCKABEE: โWe donโt live in a world where polls dictate policy.โ
TUCKER: โOh, I thought you said it matters what Americans think.โ
Why are so many Americans converting to Orthodoxy, with thousands upon thousands around the country scheduled to be baptized this Holy Week?
Whether he intended to or not, Tucker Carlson gave a commentary on it in the last 10 minutes or so of his latest episode.
โHuge parts of Protestant Christianity in the United States, the leadership โ are totally corruptโฆ Corrupt on the level which matters most, which is spiritually corrupt. Theyโre not preaching Christianityโฆ there are many Protestant American church leaders who are preaching a religion that bears no resemblance to Christianityโฆ
Franklin Graham, son of Billy Graham, shows up at the White House yesterday. To pray over the president so heโll have wisdom and restraint? No! To endorse the murder of civilians, which is a war crime, but more important, itโs a moral crimeโฆ
The point isnโt to beat up on poor Franklin Graham. The point is that itโs the end of something. Whatever that religion is is not gonna continue. It just wonโt, because itโs a lie. And so it will end, as all lies do โ it will be revealed as a lie, as all lies are. And so youโre watching the end of the global American empire, the unipolar worldโฆ and youโre watching the end of whatever American Protestant Christianityโฆ whatever it becameโฆ
Itโs also a prerequisite, it is a necessary step โ and this is something that all Christians are thinking about in Holy Week โ to rebirth. The seed doesnโt produce the tree until it dies. And so the death of the unipolar moment and of the institutions within the evangelical movement โ American Protestant Christianity โ are going away. But they will be replaced, by something better, and purer, more true to itself. Constructive, unifying, healing. Institutions that build and donโt just destroy.
Thatโs going to happen, and, God willing, we will live to see it. So rejoice in that, as sad as this is, and Happy Easter.โ
โI tell you, one day, America will be holy.โ
- St. Paisios the Athonite
After much reflection, I have decided to resign from my position as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, effective today.
I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby.
It has been an honor serving under @POTUS and @DNIGabbard and leading the professionals at NCTC.
May God bless America.
โMarching through the world and clearing out the bad guysโ is a very clear articulation of the neocon warhawk mentality. Itโs also been rejected by conservative voters for the last 10 years at least. Lindsey Graham wants to drag us back into it. He has no children and doesnโt care what kind of harm it brings to future generations of Americans.
โThe same people that told us Iraq was a big threat, that the Taliban was a big threat, are the same people telling us Iran is a big threat.โ
-Charlie Kirk
As always I only support military action anywhere, in any context, if it directly serves the interests of American citizens. Itโs troubling that the arguments weโre hearing for this war in Iran, including from Trump himself, seem to revolve primarily around โbringing freedom to the Iranian people.โ As Americans, the freedom of Iranians is not our responsibility. If a single American life is lost in the service of that goal, it will be a travesty.
What nobody has even come close to sufficiently explaining is how this war will first and foremost directly benefit American citizens. That is a case that needed to have been made clearly and convincingly before this move, and it wasnโt. Weโre also told how this will benefit Israel, and Iโm sure it will. But Israel is not America. What does it do for America? How does it help us? That needs to be explained to us. And it isnโt โpanickingโ or demonstrating โdisloyaltyโ to demand those very basic answers about how American tax money, and potentially American lives, are being spent.
We hear about the danger of a nuclear Iran, but thatโs odd because we were told that Iranโs nuclear capabilities had already been set back decades. We hear that this war will be over quickly and easily because Iran is powerless, which I hope and pray is the case, and maybe it will be. But thatโs odd, too, because if Iran is such a paper tiger then how were they a danger to us in the first place? It seems hard to argue both that Iran is an existential threat to the United States and that we can topple them in 20 minutes with no casualties or negative downstream effects.
Also the political calculation really matters here. A huge majority of American oppose this. Thatโs just a fact. If it costs Republicans in 26 and 28, then, no matter how things work out in Iran, it will not have been worth it. A free Iran at the cost of Democrat rule here at home is a bad deal. A free Iran for an unfree America would be just about the worst trade of the century.
Iโm praying for our great country today.
Alan Dershowitz- โIf Jeffrey Epstein told me he was a Mossad agent, I would have got him off completely.โ
Piers Morgan- โHang on, are you saying that if Epstein said he was Mossad, he could get away with being a ped0!?โ
Dershowitz-โThatโs right.โ
Tucker Carlson: "Imagine a government that totally destroys the country (which is criminal behaviour) and then criminalises complaining about it. And the point of that surveillance is not to keep you safe but to punish you for noticing what they are doing to your country."